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My Year in Books (2017)
This year’s list is longer than usual, in part because I created two literature courses for the Professional Creative Writing program I direct at D.U.’s University College, a process that entailed lots of reading.Read More
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Gholson Chats Up Wentworth
Steer on over to Christien Gholson‘s excellent interview with the inimitable Don Wentworth, whose Past All Traps was listed among my 2011 favorites.Read More
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The Baker Express
Pop a check in the mail.Read More
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Friday Notebook 10.21.11
Merwin, Wright (Charles), Rengetsu, Issa, and … Hutchison? Thanks to Don Wentworth for letting my Earth-Boat into his harbor…. * * * I’ve been on a vacation from verse, it seems—stymied in my own work, disappointed in the four or five collections I’ve been eking away at for weeks (no need to name names; it may be just my mood, but is recent American poetry not withering from being over-fertilized by cleverness?). Anyway, I recently finished Lawrence Durrell’s Monsieur.Read More
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Hi Lillie, Hi Lillie…
Just wanted to note the receipt of the latest Lilliput Reviews (issues 179 & 180), with a small poem of mine in #180. Thanks to editor extraordinaire Don Wentworth, who placed me in such fine company—including Charlie Mehrhoff, Scott Watson, Ed Baker, and Grant Hackett.Read More
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In Lieu
Some kind readers have emailed to ask, “Why no posts?” Truth is I’ve been swamped with paying work, which is paying writing, which means I haven’t had a single solitary thought of my own to share for several days. In lieu of my usual brilliants, let me suggest that you visit Issa’s Tidy Hut today. Don Wentworth there has posted some wonderfully evanescent work by John Martone and some heart-rending, profound poems by the late Albert Huffstickler. I’ve known Martone’s work for years but discovered Huffstickler through Don’s efforts and will be ever grateful for it.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
